Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, signed “John Hancock,” one page, 10.75 x 8.5, January 1, 1776. Hancock appoints Samuel Loring an officer in the infantry. In part: “We reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of Captain Samuel Bradford’s Company with 23 Infantry Infantry of Foot commanded by Colonel John Bailey in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Second Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things, thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Second Lieutenant.” Ornately matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 19. In very good condition, with intersecting folds (vertical fold passing through the signature), tiny bits of paper loss at fold intersections, and scattered light toning and soiling.
The new year of 1776 would be one of monumental change for the young colonies. Although the ‘rebellion’ was still unofficial in January 1776, delegates had been discussing what to do about the growing resentment against the crown for nearly six months. Furthermore, enlistment for the vast majority of troops—men who joined the fight after the battles of Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, had expired on December 31, 1775, with Hancock, as president of the Continental Congress, quickly appointing new officers to fill the void and prepare for a British invasion. Trask, the recipient of this commission, saw action in the Jerseys in 1776 and 1777. Nice Revolutionary association between two patriots, desirably dated 1776.
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